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Legendary film actor Juozas Budraitis turns 85. Over his career, he has appeared in more than
120 films not only in Eastern and Central Europe but also in Switzerland and Italy. Film sets
brought him close friendships and moments of joyful creativity. Yet today, many of his
colleagues are gone, and the actor is increasingly visited by the regret of unfinished work. The
Old Man’s Journey is shaped not by the structure of a traditional biographical film but by the
fragmentary nature of memory. The roles he has embodied remain etched in his recollection no
less vividly than the key events of his life, and so the film guides the viewer between Budraitis’s
youthful memories and his most significant cinematic experiences, weaving them into a single,
nostalgic stream of remembrance.
Nerijus Milerius
Nerijus Milerius was born in 1971 in Vilnius. He earned his PhD in Philosophy in 2001 and is
currently a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at Vilnius University. Alongside his academic
work, he is also active in filmmaking. In 2019, together with Audrius Mickevičius, he co-
directed the documentary Exemplary Behaviour, about prisoners serving life sentences, which
received three awards at DOK Leipzig: the Golden Dove, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the
Interreligious Jury Award. In 2023, he directed Life After Death, exploring actors’ experiences
of performing their own deaths in feature films. In 2024, Milerius was one of the co-directors of
the feature film Johatsu.
Legendary film actor Juozas Budraitis turns 85. Over his career, he has appeared in more than
120 films not only in Eastern and Central Europe but also in Switzerland and Italy. Film sets
brought him close friendships and moments of joyful creativity. Yet today, many of his
colleagues are gone, and the actor is increasingly visited by the regret of unfinished work. The
Old Man’s Journey is shaped not by the structure of a traditional biographical film but by the
fragmentary nature of memory. The roles he has embodied remain etched in his recollection no
less vividly than the key events of his life, and so the film guides the viewer between Budraitis’s
youthful memories and his most significant cinematic experiences, weaving them into a single,
nostalgic stream of remembrance.
Nerijus Milerius
Nerijus Milerius was born in 1971 in Vilnius. He earned his PhD in Philosophy in 2001 and is
currently a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at Vilnius University. Alongside his academic
work, he is also active in filmmaking. In 2019, together with Audrius Mickevičius, he co-
directed the documentary Exemplary Behaviour, about prisoners serving life sentences, which
received three awards at DOK Leipzig: the Golden Dove, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the
Interreligious Jury Award. In 2023, he directed Life After Death, exploring actors’ experiences
of performing their own deaths in feature films. In 2024, Milerius was one of the co-directors of
the feature film Johatsu.
120 films not only in Eastern and Central Europe but also in Switzerland and Italy. Film sets
brought him close friendships and moments of joyful creativity. Yet today, many of his
colleagues are gone, and the actor is increasingly visited by the regret of unfinished work. The
Old Man’s Journey is shaped not by the structure of a traditional biographical film but by the
fragmentary nature of memory. The roles he has embodied remain etched in his recollection no
less vividly than the key events of his life, and so the film guides the viewer between Budraitis’s
youthful memories and his most significant cinematic experiences, weaving them into a single,
nostalgic stream of remembrance.
Nerijus Milerius
Nerijus Milerius was born in 1971 in Vilnius. He earned his PhD in Philosophy in 2001 and is
currently a Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy at Vilnius University. Alongside his academic
work, he is also active in filmmaking. In 2019, together with Audrius Mickevičius, he co-
directed the documentary Exemplary Behaviour, about prisoners serving life sentences, which
received three awards at DOK Leipzig: the Golden Dove, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the
Interreligious Jury Award. In 2023, he directed Life After Death, exploring actors’ experiences
of performing their own deaths in feature films. In 2024, Milerius was one of the co-directors of
the feature film Johatsu.